Week 4 Assembly Highlights | GPA Big Improvers (Years 8-12), Lumina Da Vinci Decathlon Results, Senior School Athletics Carnival Results, Term 3 Firsts Teams & Public Speaking Competition

During Thursday’s College Assembly, we celebrated several significant achievements.

Firstly, we announced the GPA Big Improvers for our students in Years 8-12.

This GPA Big Improvers Award recognises those students who have shown the most significant improvement in their academic results from one semester to the next.

These students have demonstrated a real commitment to their studies and worked diligently to improve their grades.

Congratulations to all recipients in each year level for your hard work and improved results.

GPA Big Improvers

Year 8: Evalina Catt, Lennox Corlett, Isabella Heath, Oliver Holden, Ian Mohammad, Merrick Percy, Divjot Singh, Lennox Spedding, Darcy Taylor, Aidan Thompson.

Year 9: Sophie Coupland-Flaherty, Ryan Dilks, Henry Flaxman, Helen Hollingsworth, Dexter Humphrys, James Iva, Paramleen Kang, Koby Morse, Ethan Park, Khalis Southon.

Year 10: Jackson Bramley, Michael Chilver, Mamaeroa Falwasser, Hayden Francis, Aimee Henry, Bentley Horne, Harrison Long, Max Newton, Hayley Norcott, Lucas Noy.

Year 11: Layaan Ahmed, Charlotte Austin, Jacob Kriletich, Aspen Maher, Amelia Ryan, Mehran Shaheed-Zadah, Lahrey Southon, Bridie Stewart, Morgan Watt, Amelia Westin.

Year 12: Lucas Consolati, Ella Furlong, Hannah Harlen, Ishan Khatra, Joe Matsushita, Roy McGregor, Syriarna O’Sullivan, Lilly Rider, Angelina Som, Inushi Witharanalage.

Secondly, we recognised the winners of the 2024 Lumina da Vinci Decathlon from Term 2.

The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition that challenges and stimulates the minds of academically gifted students.

Participants compete in teams of eight across ten diverse categories: Engineering, Mathematics and Chess, Code Breaking, Art and Poetry, Science, English, Ideation, Creative Producers, Cartography and Legacy.

This year, 24 Canterbury students attended the annual event, hosted by St Joseph’s Nudgee College and our teams performed exceptionally well:

Our Year 7 team placed 1st in the English paper.

Our Year 8/9 team placed 1st in the Creative Producers performance.

Our Year 11 team placed 3rd in the Engineering category.

Congratulations to all our talented students!

Lumina Da Vinci Decathlon Team Members

Year 7: Lyvea Boulton, Mckynlee Franklin, Coda Lahrs, Anagha Menon, Tanvi Mongia, Lily Prewett, Tayja Shine, Kavin Velu.

Year 8/9: Sienna Crawford, Erin Dizon, Isabella Franklin, Angelina Pao, Penina Pao, Ethan Park, Mikael Sandanayake, Mujtaba Shah.

Year 11: Shannel Almario, Chloe Booth, Elka Currie, Mitchell Dixon, Kevin Dizon, Haydn Li, Kevaan Sandanayake, Lilly Warne-Louttit.

Thirdly, we extend our congratulations to the participants of the 2024 A.B. Paterson College Public Speaking Competition.

A.B. Paterson College Public Speaking Competition

Year 10: Corey Bertsch.

Year 11: Shannel Almario, Olivia Baker.

The overall winning House from our 2024 Senior School Athletics Carnival was finally revealed during the Assembly so big congratulations to Becket House!

The final placings were: 1^st Becket House, 2^nd Kime House, 3^rd Ramsey House, 4^th Goldsworthy House, 5^th Temple House, 6^th Cranmer House.

Lastly, our Term 3 TAS Sport Firsts Team Captains took to the stage to present playing jerseys to their teammates.

This gesture honours the dedication and skill of those selected for our College’s top sporting squads.

Well done to all our Firsts Team players, and best of luck in these current Trimester 3 TAS Sport rounds. Go Taipans!

Term 3 TAS Firsts Teams

First V Boys Basketball

Captain: Charlie Newton.

Aiden Abbott, Ashley Broadbent, Harvey Coates, Joseph Hudgson, Nathan King, Joshua Noble, Lachlan Trent, Jazz Webb, Joshua Williams.

First XI Boys Football

Captain: Riley Franklin.

Max Bladon, Jackson Edser, Bailey George, Jackson Holland, Thomas Jenkins, Erik Laker, Tadiwa Manangazira, Joe Matsushita, Christian Meyboom-Pijl, Alex Orbitz, Mach Pukallus, Benjamin Stanley, Mehran Shaheed-Zadah.

First VI Girls Touch Football

Captain: Jorja Lockhart.

Georgia Barlow, Reini Blackmore, Aaliyah Frescon-Sheppard, Ella Furlong, Aimee Henry, Lorren Ieli, Tylah Marshall, Kayla McCormick, Savannah Paniagua, Jayda Penitani, Sarah Walker.

First VI Girls Volleyball

Captain: Diya Patel.

Modjah Amiri, Kate Caddy, Phoebe Dyer, Jodeci Faraimo-Saolele, Samantha Grant, Grace McGuiness, Lara Mead, Meeka Morrow, Tayla Southall, Juzmin Taanuu, Juliana Tamala, Kaylee Tamala, Milan Wellington.

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